Ferbane school to appear on TG4 quiz show later this month

A team from Gallen Community School in Ferbane, made up of students Cathal McCarthy, Lorna Colclough and Aimée Fitzgerald will be appearing on an Irish language quiz show on TG4 later this month.

The local school will be facing Gonzaga College, Dublin in an episode of Slé Anois go Cúramach that will air on Tuesday, April 28, from 7.30 to 8pm.

The show aired for the first time last month with another Midlands school - the Marist College in Athlone - featuring in the first episode.

The show sees two schools go head-to-head each week in a series of five lively studio-based rounds that test listening skills, vocabulary, cultural knowledge and improvisation.

TG4 said Slé Anois go Cúramach is "a fast-paced, funny and fearless educational quiz series that proves two simple ideas: effort matters more than perfection, and you have much more Irish than you think you have!"

The show's ten-week run is designed to appeal to "teenagers, families and anyone curious about improving their Irish".

An original format created by Macalla Teoranta for TG4, Slé Anois go Cúramach was created primarily with English-speaking secondary school Junior Cycle students in mind.

The show is hosted by Síomha Ní Ruairc, a well-known face in Irish-language broadcasting.

"It’s so important to me that the language be showcased in natural, everyday settings - and there’s no setting quite so natural as a quick-fire quiz show!" Síomha said.

"Slé gives students an opportunity to engage with the language in a fun and enjoyable way - and it gives me the chance to be a little bit cheeky with it too!"